- Date
- June 26, 1970
- Place
- Rosharon, TX · ROSHARON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5324Grumman G-164A
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119935
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2711 70/6/26 NR.ROSHARON,TEX GRUMMAN G-164A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 3100 TIME - 1145 N5324 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 110 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUSTER STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DUSTER STRIP,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 88 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 230 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 3100 KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST) KIND OF CROP - RICE TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 100 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- OPERATING NEAR MAX GWT AT D/A 1900FT.PLT MADE R TURN AFTER T/O,R WING HIT GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5324
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Duster Strip
N5324Registration cancelled Jan 23, 2014 · Grumman G-164AAirframe modelGrumman G-164AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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Other investigations on N5324 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN13LA443Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMonte Vista, COThe partial loss of engine power due to a fatigue failure of the engine cylinder exhaust rocker housing as a result of an excessively torqued rocker assembly.NTSB DEN86LA220Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCenter, COThe plt reported that he was landing on a 50 ft wide dirt strip and allowed the acft to drift to the left during the landing roll. The left wing collided with wheat growing along the left side of the strip and the acft swerved further to the left. During the…NTSB FTW69D0501Accident · No injuriesClosedRosharon, TX